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In many countries around the world, rural people are moving to cities, so the population in the countryside is decreasing. Do you think this is a positive or a negative development?

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recent
decades
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 some changes have been brought to human lives by unemployment and
well-developed
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 education system, making people
to
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change their
lifestyle
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.
This
 issue causes
an
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immigration from rural areas to cities.
However
,
due to
 several reasons I firmly believe that it is a negative development which will be discussed in the following paragraphs.
Firstly
, an increasing trend
of
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population
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 may have devastating effects on the environment that
public
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live
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. Realistically, the more inhabitants of urban societies, the more fossil fuel they consume in order to commute.
Hence
, a large amount of toxic substances is emitted which decreases the quality of air and results in cardiovascular diseases.
For instance
, Tehran
have
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 become overpopulated in
the
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recent years
that
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 makes it one of the most polluted metropolises in the world where the pollution indices are extremely harmful most of the time.
Furthermore
, adapting to the new way of living in
such
 crowded places may be destructive, resulting
people
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feel
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 disappointed,
get
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depressed and
become
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exhausted to a large extent. Not only should they spend hours
on
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 traffic
jam
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, but
also
 they must inhabit
in
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apartments which are not as spacious as their previous accommodations in villages. As an example, before moving to Tehran, I
accommodated
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 in a house with a stunning garden and enough space without being concerned about transportation. Unfortunately, nowadays
in addition
 to
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 draining driving to my
workplace
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workplace,
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 I live in
cramped
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 flat
that is
 tremendously gloomy. By the way of conclusion,
although
 leaving rural areas allows individuals
use
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 well-organized facilities, it is not a positive change
because of
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 several reasons
such
 as air pollution
and
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some problems like depression and the lack of motivation and some health problems.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • rural-to-urban migration
  • population shift
  • positive impact
  • negative impact
  • urbanization
  • job opportunities
  • access to education
  • access to healthcare
  • urban infrastructure
  • rural traditions
  • cultural heritage
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